Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-17
THE GREAT FAIR.
Special Report ON Fruits by the
Committee.

To Mr.. T. A. Carey, Superintendent
of the Pathological Fair: The COM
mittee on fruits desire to submit the
following report of awards made. In
so doing we wish to say we found it
very much of a task to look over the
immense display of fruits placed on
exhibition in almost endless variety.
There was so much that was meritori-
GUS and so many exhibits so evenly
balanced that to properly judge be-
tween them was q delicate matter.
We sought to recognize merit and de-
eide unbiased. There seemed to be a
great many lots of all kinds OF fruits
placed on exhibition, all of which
were beyond simple words of praise.
We were particularly struck with the
wonderful variety and perfection of
the fruits shown, and are convinced
that it would be impossible to produce
finer and more varied display any
where. We epitomize some things not
mentioning here those which were
awarded premiums. The Alhambra
exhibit was well selected and artistic
ally displayed. Alhambra is
what is termed an old fruit section
and the specimens show care in
the selection of stock and cultivation
of trees. The exhibit consisted of
apples, pears, peaches, pomegranates,
oranges, grapes, ounces, figs, etc, in
charge of Captain +. Edward Gray,
VIM. Stevenson, G. B. Adams, w. l..
Phillips, H. Olsen, Frank Williams,
d. James, A. F. Bishop, Eli Merseh-
ger, E. f. Ferguson and 0. II. Stone.
These gentlemen performed their work
we'll
The Downey table was loaded with
the products of that choice garden
spot. 1t included apples, pears,
ounces, figs and all other deciduous
| fruits in profusion. Mr.. I. }. Kerns
and Jas. Stewart had interested them
selves in the matter of exhibit with
great success. Beets and pumpkins
OF monstrous proportions and great
weight, from w. f. East, j.
B. Bernizer, p. O'Connor and
John Fortune; apples, pears, ounces,
figs, and so on through a long list,
from the farms of A. E. Davis, Will
lam Mccormick, E. L. Barnett, G. f.
Smith were all excellent and tempt
ing to look upon. Mr.. T. S. Kerns
also had several plates OF plums, per-
feet specimens of fruit, which will
some day enter largely into the fruit
growers estimate of profit.
Gladstone and Ell Monte were also
represented by numerous plates of
good fruit. Splendid potatoes and
Egyptian corn were exhibited by M.
Metcalf.
DIR. B. B. Briggs, of Crescenta, ex-
hibited superior plums with his other
large display. His pears were large
and luscious. Mrs. Bggs had on ex-
hibition very tempting picked olives,
luxury that is always in demand.
A dozen plates of immense mango
peppers, both green and ripe, were
fine specimens of that fruit. The new
town of Fullerton was well represented.
Grapes, by Andrew Rorden, without
irrigation; pears, of immense proper
tions; apples, peaches and ounces,
as also potatoes of different kinds
were shown by A. McDermott. Apples,
peaches, ounces, prunes, grapes,
pears and oranges were exhibited by
A. 7. Pendleton and Otis Witham.
Tustin came up with numerous
samples of her abundance, and every
article exhibited was good.
What was classified under the
contained about everything that could
be thought OF or produced. The ex-
hibits were furnished by r. S. Hazard,
William Mallet, James A. McFadden,
S. Lyman, Mrs. Danskin, S. w. Had
ley, Robert Strong, D. Brown, Mrs.
Dreves, John Beckett, G. Waters, Jo-
siah Mccoy, U. Perhall, T. w. Faw-
cett and S. Edwards. These ladies
and gentlemen showed themselves
alive to the interests of their portion
OF the county and deserve credit.
Anaheim, Orange, Garden Grove,
Pasadena and Placentia came out
WELL
The great table loaded by Santa Ana
and neighbors was sight in itself
B. H. Twombly, Josiah Ross, A. H.
Ferris, r. J. Northam, j. G. Holley,
DIR. Boutler, P. d. Young, A. Hail
ward, P. j. shaffer, H. j. Dull, Mr..
Chilson, l. N. Rafferty,, n. Palmer, c.
r. Bush, A. McDermott and others,
whose names we were unable to ascer-
tain, were the exhibitors.
| Your committee hoped to make a
more extended report, but difficulty
was experienced, in some cases, in
getting names of exhibitors. In very
many cases the names of very choice
varieties offruits were not in the plates,
which was matter Of regret. AS a
fruit exhibit this has never been sur
passed in Los Angeles. Elsewhere
we submit the list of premiums award
ed under the advertised catalogue.
We digress enough to mention that
the specimens of corn from w. NJ.
Tedford, Santa Ana, Mr.. Bentley and
G. Waters, Westminster, Z. L. Bar
nett, Downey; Mr.. Patty, Anaheim,
and Mr.. Adams, Orange; and sugar
cane from John Il. Anderson, West
minister, were as fine as anything
could be. Respactfully submitted